Shruti's Home-Made Pizzas

Home made Pizza is a hot favourite in all Indian kitchens now days, I assure you. Pizza is an Italian dish originally, but now it's become world famous as you all already know. Pizza is an oven baked flat bread topped with tomato sauce and cheese.Various other vegetarian and non vegetarian ingredients form interesting toppings. This Italian dish that has become famous all over, is loved and prepared in my family as well. My daughters like to prepare it with ingredients of their liking.  

Ingredients Required

White flour........................................2cups

Olive Oil.............................................5 1/2 tbsp

Sugar.................................................1 tsp

Salt....................................................1 1/2 tsp

Yeast..................................................2 tsp

Hot water...........................................1 cup

Bay Leaf..............................................1

BlackPeppercorns................................5

Garlic,chopped...................................1 tsp

Onion,chopped...................................1

Tomato,chopped.................................5

Black pepper Powder..........................1/4 tsp

Origano..............................................1 tsp

Tomato Puree.....................................1/2 cup

Cheese,grated......................................1/2 cup

Capsicum,chopped..............................3 tbsp

Basil Leaves,Crushed...........................7-8

Chilly flakes..........................................1/2 tsp

For the Pizza:

White Flour (Maida)....................................................................2 cups

Salt..................................................................................................1/2 tsp

Sugar...............................................................................................1/2 tsp

Olive Oil..........................................................................................1 tbsp

Fresh Yeast....................................................................................2 tsp
Warm Water..................................................................................1cup

Take 2 cups maida and add 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp sugar and 1 tbsp olive oil. To ferment add 2 tsp fresh yeast mixed in a little warm water. 

Dry yeast has to be kept aside for 10 minutes before using. 

Add to the maida. 

Knead to a dough with warm water for crisp pizza or milk for soft pizza base. 

Take a greased bowl and keep the dough aside covered with clean wrap tightly covered. 

Keep aside for at least 3 hours.The dough will swell up. Punch the dough in the middle to remove the air, knead again and again cover properly with clean wrap and keep aside for 10 minutes while you prepare the pizza sauce.

For the Pizza Sauce :

Ingredients :

Olive oil........................................................................................1 tbsp

Bay leaf.........................................................................................1

Peppercorns.................................................................................4-5

Garlic,chopped.............................................................................1 tsp

Onion,chopped fine.....................................................................1

Tomato,chopped..........................................................................5

Salt.................................................................................................according to taste

Black Pepper Powder..................................................................1/4 tsp

Origano........................................................................................1/2 tsp

Sugar............................................................................................1/4 tsp

Tomato puree/Ketchup..............................................................1/2 cup

Cook all ingredients together for some time till all are mixed well. Put the flame off and keep aside.

Now take the dough . Take a flat non stick pan. Grease the pan with olive oil. Spread with hand to make a flat roti.
The inside of the pizza should be flatter than the sides.

For thin crust pizza you will have to spread the dough really thin.

Take the pizza sauce and spread on it. Sprinkle capsicum, sauted (Or raw onion slices)onions, cottage cheese pieces, sausage pieces etc. Topping can be any thing you desire.....use baby corn, olives, sweet corn mushrooms,bell peppers....anything you like....you can even use  minced meat or minced chicken dumplings if you like.

Top with 7-8  crushed basil leaves and grated mozzrella cheese.

Spread origano and sprinkle chilly flakes.

Put the pan on the gas stove to heat the inside portion of the pizzas first before putting the pan in an oven to bake.This way the pizzas wont remain half done in the inside part.

Bake for 20-25 minutes on 200 degrees celcius.

Pan pizza is served in the pan itself but if you feel uncomfortable transfer to a  serving dish.